After the update, all the text I typed displayed as black boxes. When I sent the text, however I could read it -- but the recipient only got black boxes.
The fix I did was this: - Deselect all the "ignore" boxes in preferences - Deselect the "Select default formatting ...." box
Then tried sending a message, which was visible by both me and the recipient.
Then I went back into Preferences and re-selected all the "ignores" and the "Select default formatting..." boxes.
I tested it out and then tested again after closing Gaim and restarting Gaim.
HTH anybody who might run into the same thing, Clint
-- Clint Harshaw <clint@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>